The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 29, 1911
Waxing Crescent
31.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:45 AM
9:59 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 31.5%
- Age
- 5.5 days
- Distance
- 396,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- -140
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 1.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 68.11° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 111.75° |
| Illuminated fraction | 31.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 1.9° / 114.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 42m / -16.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 223.33° / -0.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.88° / 1.66° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 116.84° / 1.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 287.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.